The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-08

An INTERESTING eooFscE
: r>sa,n,s,n,a caussA Uess1oa y -
Immsrena 0aseavus A1eapAa&
IL win surprise many. think. -
learn that King Gassavus Adolphus q
Sweden founded : church In America
Il was just before 10 - out on he
fatal campaign which ended - Lut.en-
He chartered IN American trading
company and 70 ~ offcers gave money
and books with which he charged them
% establish in their colony church
upon the Swedish faith. This they
aid. md Custavus successor, King
Charles XXI. subsequently, sent over
books and 3 communion service Ins
latter = preserved 20 this day. Christ
Church in this city has pulpit Bible
which h stin uses. thar WIS given it ~
Queen Anne q England.
| The Swedish Church WAS almost
identical with The Church Of England
in form Of public Worship bus In belief
Il was strictly Lutheran IL was the
middle OF the Seventeenth century
before the wisheso OF Gustavus Adolphus
were carried out. The Swedes were
then sole masters of PennsylvaniA
William Penn came some twenty
wears later. and determined the present
site Of Philadelphia-a site which the
Swcdes were trying 70 establish m .
swamp OF course they failed while
the shrcwd Quaker succeeded Phiia-
delphia was by the end Of the Seven
teenth century. struggling village
along the Delaware river front The
old church Of the Swedes was becon''
) inc delapidated. because i had been
poorly built and question arose over
,, the site OF . new one As has 90 ofter
. been the case in later times ther'
grew out Of il bitter war Of words
Finally II was agreed 70 settle th'
matter by lot The names OF the w.
! most favored sites were put in . hat
: The present site was drawn and on
) TO-DAY stands the famous old edific'
9 which is cherished relic of Pbiadel
!. phia so dear in fact that the cit
Z would As soon think Of parting with Z
! charter as allowing any harm 70 com
. TO grand old Gloria Del.
For many years the Kings Of Swede
! were accustomed TO send over rector
i and to contribute money toward thc'
4 support. Four Of these faithful n
= ligious pioneers are Inferred beneaf
, the altar. A fifth lies in the yarl
] The structure is small and stands se'
e eral rods from the street. the entrane
] being down = shaded path among q
Z tombs. that reminds one forcibly Of IN
uncovered approach 70 Holy Trinity
1T Stratford-upon-Avon. There IS = VII
dow above the altar that WAS sent ov'
\. from Sweden There Is no chance
= but only arailing and rostrum that e
tend ont into the body Of the room
= The parish was formerly possessed
Il twenty acres Of land now covered
to the city, but through the carelessne
et Of some one Is lost the title to IL ~
III Is now quite poor. where il might ha
\. been one Of the wealthiest in the cou
q. try. The Swedes took little part
he public affairs. and upon William Penn
'rs last visit to America they accused q
ne pious old Quaker Of stealing their Ian
u They did not make re accusati
is stick. however, and were out Of tn
q. land Just the same An effort 2
II been making with some success !
~ the past dozen years TO endow :
parish The neighborhood in which
"a stands has become about the low
ia, in the city and the congregation =
mt no means self-supporting- The Swet
=, ~ years ago lost their standing in M
I'd Der in this part Of the country.
ne service was changed into English.
Of the church itself entered the Episco
* communion A visit to il Is like gcl
~ back into two centuries Of the past
81 Philadelphia Or. San Francisco Chr
ues icls.